Busek BHT-200 Hall Effect Thruster
Busek Co.
First US-built Hall effect thruster flown in space, flight heritage on TacSat-2, FalconSat-5/6, 13 mN thrust, 1390s Isp.
Technical specifications
- Discharge Power
- 200 W
- Voltage
- 250 VDC
- Thrust
- 13 mN
- Specific Impulse
- 1390 s
- Demonstrated Impulse
- 74.88 kN·s
- Predicted Total Impulse
- > 140 kN·s
- Flight Heritage
- TacSat-2, FalconSat-5, FalconSat-6
About
The Busek BHT-200 is a mature, high-performance propulsion system with flight heritage aboard the Air Force Research Laboratory’s TacSat-2 and FalconSat-5 satellites, and presently operating on FalconSat-6. It was the first US-designed and US-built Hall Effect thruster used in-space on operational satellites. Over 20 units have been built and delivered for characterization, plume studies, clustering, and modeling efforts, including iodine-compatible versions for the MSFC iSat mission.
Documentation
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